Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay Surf Forecast

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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf break

Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surfForecast / Canterbury / New Zealand

48hr Weather and Surf, issued 5 am Tuesday 16 Sep 2025 NZST

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Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.

Today's Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay sea temperature is 10.4° C
(Which is 1.1°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay today?

The current surf forecast for Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay at 7AM is: 0.9m 13s primary swell from a South-southwest direction and 0.4m 4s secondary swell from a West-southwest direction (forecast issued at 05:00am September 16). An open ocean swell of 0.6m 5s is not directed at the surf break. The wind direction is predicted to be onshore.

Time (NZST) & Date	Wave Height	Wave Period
Morning (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	14s
Afternoon (16 Sep)	3.5ft (1.1m)	13s
Evening (16 Sep)	3ft (0.9m)	9s

Table - waves today at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay. (Swell directed towards the surf break)

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	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM	3 AM	6 AM	9 AM	12 PM	3 PM	6 PM	9 PM	0 AM
Rating (10 max)	1	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	SSW	S	S	S	S	S	NE	S	S	S	S	SSW	SSW	SSW
Period(s) (?)	13	13	14	13	13	9	9	9	9	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9	9	9	13	5	8	10
Wave Graph (?)
Energy (?)	273	215	328	410	423	241	204	175	197	193	178	119	115	88	98	69	129	75	63	75	186	142	729	1742
Wind (km/h)	W	SSW	SE	E	NE	NNE	N	NW	NW	NNW	N	N	NNW	NW	SSW	W	NW	NW	WNW	WSW	SW	SSW	SSW	SSW
Wind State (?) onshore cross-onshore cross-shore cross-offshore offshore glassy	cross	cross- on	cross- on	cross	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	on	on	cross- on
High Tide / height (m)				11:22AM 1.91				11:47PM 1.78					12:20PM 1.92				12:43AM 1.80				1:13PM 1.93
Low Tide / height (m)		4:57AM 0.19				5:36PM 0.26				5:55AM 0.19					6:33PM 0.25				6:50AM 0.18				7:25PM 0.23

	Tuesday 16							Wednesday 17								Thursday 18								Fri 19
Sunrise	-	-	6:28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:26	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:24	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	6:15	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:17	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6:19	-	-

Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	2	1
Temp. °C	13	11	11	11	10	9	10	12	16	14	15	16	18	16	13	12	12	12	13	14	14	8	7	7
Feels °C (?)	10	7	8	8	6	5	6	8	7	6	7	8	12	11	12	11	9	8	8	10	9	1	0	0

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Recent Eyeball Surf Reports for Canterbury

Wind Update Wind reports 4 km away suggest it is still onshore at Banks Peninsula - Hickory Bay (fresh winds from the S at Le Bons Bay Automatic Weather Station). 0.9m 14s groundswell from the SSW with a 0.4m 8s swell from the S and a 0.2m 2s local chop from the SSW. 3 swells combining to make bigger set waves.
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